Iodine

planning to get a coupple of corals from local reefers over the weekend got a question about coral dip

for a coral dip could i use reqular Iodine from the drug store

 

This Q has been asked before but for the life of me, I cant remember what was the answer. Try the eng. search. Luna

 

I did a little googling because I was curious. Some people do say you can use drugstore iodine as a dip. You have to check a couple things first, check the ingredients list and make sure there is nothing potentially harmful/toxic on the list, and secondly check the iodine concentration, most drugstore iodine is much less potent than the coral dips. I think drugstore is more like 2-4% iodine and coral dips are more like 10-15%.

I'm no chemist and I claim no responsibility if your corals shrivel up and die because of this info.
I would just get some seachem reef dip or lugol's or something just to be safe, that's just me though. ;D

 

Found this one

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/iodine-dip-38497.html

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/all-about-iodine-iodide-dips-corals-56128.html

and this one

 

I dip all my new corals in an iodine bath like Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into my tank. I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms into my display tanks. I also believe that dipping a new coral in an iodine solution helps it recover from the stress of transport and reduces the chance of microbial/bacterial infection on the new coral.